hypotonus

Questions about hypotonus

What is another word for hypotonus?

It depends which hypotonus you mean. In the sense “(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic”, the synonyms are hypotonia, hypotonicity. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of hypotonus?

The recorded antonym is hypertonus. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Where do the synonyms for hypotonus come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of hypotonus

• Full entry for hypotonusAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for hypotonusWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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